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The ''Montpellier Codex'' (''Montpellier, Bibliothèque Inter-Universitaire, Section Médecine, H196'') is an important source of 13th century French polyphony. The ''Codex'' contains 336 polyphonic works probably composed ca. 1250-1300, and was likely compiled ca. 1300.〔Grove: "Date: fascs.2–6, 1270s (Rosketh and RISM, c1280); fascs.1 and 7, plus the additions to 3 and 5, very end of 13th century (Branner: late 13th century, Everist: 1280s); fasc.8, very early years of the 14th century (Branner and Everist: c1300). As a controversial alternative to the picture of a manuscript compiled in discrete stages of activity a decade or more apart, Wolinski posits a single campaign of copying fascs.1–7 as an entity in the 1260s or 1270s, with fasc.8 perhaps also as early as the 1270s; not widely accepted, her theory has radical implications for the development of the motet, musical notation and music theory in the second half of the 13th century (Wolinski, 1992, pp.299–301)."〕 It is believed to originate from Paris. It was discovered by musicologist Edmond de Coussemaker in ca. 1852.〔Emil Naumann ''Illustrierte Musikgeschichte.'', Volume 2, Spemann, Berlin & Stuttgart 1886.〕〔(Pierre Combe ''The Restoration of Gregorian Chant: Solesmes and the Vatican Edition'', CUA Press, 2008, p. 13f )〕 ==Format and Contents== The ''Montpellier Codex'' can be roughly divided into 8 fascicles, each of which contain discrete genres of music. The format of the ''Codex ''is as follows: * 1. Liturgical polyphony * 2. French triple motets, consisting of a ''cantus firmus'' with three contrapuntal lines above it * 3. Macaronic double motets, consisting of a ''cantus firmus'' with two contrapuntal lines above it * 4. Latin double motets * 5. French double motets * 6. French two-voice motets * 7 & 8. Three-voice motets, possibly compiled later than fascicles 2-6 There are also supplements added to fascicles 3, 5, and 7. Because of the different systems of notation used in fascicles 2-6 and fascicles 7-8, the ''Montpellier Codex'' has become a crucial source for the chronology of styles of French medieval polyphony. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montpellier Codex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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